Amplifying Student and Community Voices to Transform Learning and District Decision Making (EdWeb.net)

Presented by Shawna Dinkins, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent, Lynwood Unified School District (CA); Heidi Maltby-Skodack, Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovative Programs, Traverse City Area Public Schools (MI); Jesse Ross, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Learner-Centered Collaborative; and Zareen Kasad, Project Director, Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise

Sponsored by Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation

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How would learning experiences change if school districts made decisions by first listening to the voices of students and community members?

During the 2023–2024 academic school year, Digital Promise collaborated with the Learner-Centered Collaborative (LCC) to conduct equity-centered listening tours in Traverse City Area Public Schools (Michigan) and Lynwood Unified School District (California) to explore this question. Join us for this insightful edWebinar to hear the transformative findings from this initiative that amplified the perspectives of students, educators, families, and community members, and transformed student learning and district decision making.

In this edWebinar, you will:

• Discover our process for integrating community voices into educational practices
• Gain insights from key learnings and actionable recommendations gathered from our data
• Hear directly from district leaders about strategies for addressing community-identified priorities and fostering engagement

This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.